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Chapter 161: Natsu is dead?!
🕑 Added 2025-07-09 03:02:01 +0000 UTC~Projection of All Worlds~
“Is this first guild master here to make a fool of us? She's cute, but she can't be this brainless to just give herself away!!”
“She says she's here to stop him, but in reality, she's delivering herself on a silver platter, packaging herself up and bringing herself right to his doorstep!”
“And delivering herself is one thing, but what about the means you were going to use to stop Zeref?! Use them already!!”
The people watching the video didn't know what to say. Knowing full well that the other party's goal was her, Mavis still acted like a naive, sweet girl and delivered herself right to him.
Without doing anything, she let the other party absorb all of her magic power, and even let Zeref obtain the Fairy Heart, which was said to have infinite magic power...
And it seemed that Zeref had undergone a brand new evolution because of this. Both his power and magical power emitted a strange aura!
~JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Worldline~
Dio felt inexplicably speechless. Leaving aside the time manipulators who appeared before, now there was Zeref, who could transcend time. He suddenly felt that his time-stopping ability was nothing special.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline~
~Chaldea~
Doctor Roman felt like his brain was about to explode.
“Fairy Heart? Infinite magic power... Holy Grail?!”
Isn't this equivalent to obtaining the Holy Grail?! Infinite magic power coupled with Zeref's knowledge of hundreds of years, given his genius level, he might really be able to reset time!
~Bleach World~
“The Fairy Heart seems similar to the Hogyoku... But this also proves that my direction of evolution is not wrong.”
Aizen stared at the screen and said in a deep voice.
Having obtained the Fairy Heart, Zeref had undoubtedly evolved and reached an unprecedented height, completely in a different dimension from Natsu's strength!
Then, with the power of the Hogyoku, he could also break the boundaries of Soul Reapers and become an existence that defied common sense. After watching the video for so long, he finally got some useful information.
~Fairy Tail World, Earthland~
“Infinite magic power...”
The entire continent was in an uproar. In the world of magic, there was nothing more attractive than this existence. Everyone secretly began to investigate the first guild master of Fairy Tail!
But the information they got was that Mavis had already died a long time ago. What was the situation with the Mavis who appeared in the future?
Warrod Sequen, the Ten Wizard Saints with broccoli-like hair, was already in tears:
“Mavis... resurrected?”
And it seemed that it was in the near future. He didn't know if this old body could live until then to see Mavis again!
On the other side, Makarov couldn't help but comment slightly,
“First Master, your safety is paramount... How can you personally appear on the battlefield? Just believe in Natsu!”
“Oh...”
Mavis, who was called out, pouted, her eyes full of tears! But she also didn't know what her future self was thinking, or why she did this.
【 Not far from the guild, Lucy and the others, who were blown away by the shockwave, slowly got up. Gray covered his head with one hand and asked in confusion, “It hurts... What was that just now?”
“It seems to have come from the guild.” Happy looked into the distance, then looked at Lucy in confusion: “Strange, Lucy... where are the scattered words?”
She had clearly opened the Book of END just now, so why had all the words floating out disappeared?
Lucy also looked at the Book of END strangely, “They all seem to have gone back into the book!”
“It's a super high-level living link magic. I guess this book is connected to Natsu through a living link.”
Then Lucy's tone was a little uncertain: “If... if it can be rewritten!”
Gray was a little unbelievable: “You said rewrite?! But the amount is so large! Just opening one page has such a huge amount of information.”
“And that's already the compressed amount.”
“I don't think I need to rewrite all of it.” Lucy became more and more certain of her guess. “There must be a page that can save Natsu!”
Then she opened the book again. A large amount of red and black ancient text, in a spiral form, kept floating around the few people. Lucy and the others stared intently at the rapidly flying text, hoping to find the key to saving Natsu! 】
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~Projection of All Worlds~
“Every time I watch it, I can't help but admire Zeref's genius! Just one page... That huge amount of information is actually compressed.”
“Super high-level living link magic, if you change this, can you change the fate of Zeref and Natsu dying together?”
“But the words are constantly swirling in the air at such a fast speed, can Lucy really find the key to the problem? I'm already dizzy from watching.”
【 “First Master, I can't do it anymore!” Natsu, whose face was covered with dragon scales from using Dragon Force, slowly put down Mavis, his eyes fixed on Zeref, “I can only destroy him.”
Zeref seemed to have heard a joke, his tone full of disdain: “Destroy?! You want to destroy me?”
“It's precisely because you can't do it that I can only resort to this.” Looking at Natsu, who was charging at him, Zeref had no intention of dodging.
“Fire Dragon King's... Iron Fist!”
Natsu's right hand, wrapped in golden flames, heavily struck Zeref's face. Flames and white light constantly intertwined, and then the screen rose, only to see huge flames outside the guild piercing through the guild, and the lake water stirred up waves! A part of the lake water was even directly evaporated by the temperature of the headquarters.
As the ground stopped vibrating and the smoke dissipated, the entire wall of the guild, along with Zeref, disappeared. Natsu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the Dragon Force on his body also retreated. 】
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~Projection of All Worlds~
“Even without the power of Igneel's obsession, Natsu is still terrifyingly strong. The temperature of those flames feels hot even through the screen.”
“Although this attack is terrifyingly strong, Zeref had no intention of dodging just now, which also means that this attack might not cause him any damage at all.”
【 On the damaged wall, as the wooden boards fell, Natsu looked at the guild he had destroyed, full of apology, “Sorry, old man.”
“I destroyed the guild again, and I even took Zeref with me...”
Speaking of this, Natsu seemed to have sensed something. He turned his head to look, only to see a strange ripple flowing through, and the sawdust and ruins on the ground also began to vibrate and slowly float up.
Then they turned into white light and gathered on the damaged wall. Even the originally damaged floor was restored to its original state.
“It's back to normal...” Natsu stared blankly at all of this, only to see streaks of white light, like floating white paper, constantly gathering in front, forming Zeref again!
Zeref patiently explained to the shocked Natsu: “This is the power of the Fairy Heart. Time and space all belong to me. Infinite magic power without end.” 】
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~Projection of All Worlds~
This was time reversing?! The people watching the video thought to themselves. They were no longer surprised by time abilities and even felt incredibly familiar with them.
What surprised them the most now was what Zeref said, that time and space all belonged to him?! Coupled with infinite magic power, wouldn't that make him invincible?
~Jujutsu Kaisen World, Future Timeline~
“Although I don't want to admit it, Natsu's ability to use flames is very strong.”
Jogo looked at the attack in the video and couldn't help but sigh.
But even so, he didn't think Natsu would have a chance to defeat Zeref... The gap between the two now was not just a power gap, but it was as if they were in different dimensions, unreachable.
~Fairy Tail World, Earthland~
At this time, Ultear, who had exhausted all her magic power in the future Rogue event and made the world rewind one minute, could no longer hide the shock in her heart.
On her extremely aged face, there was a look of disbelief:
“Infinite magic power plus the abilities of time and space... Time will really be reset by him.”
If she had had infinite magic power back then, she wouldn't have spent her whole life just to make the world rewind one minute.
Gray, on the other side, was also surprised:
“Natsu has really become this strong!”
At first, he thought Natsu was only able to contend with Zeref by relying on Igneel's obsession! But he didn't expect this attack to truly exceed his imagination, and it was also Natsu's own power.
Erza's face became even more solemn. Although Natsu was strong, she knew that for a Dragon Slayer, using Dragon Force meant using all of their trump cards!
But even so, he still couldn't hurt Zeref in the slightest. His stamina also seemed to be almost exhausted. What should Natsu do next to defeat the other party?!
【 “It can be said to be the pinnacle of all magic in the world, a power comparable to the end of the world.” Zeref said, his right hand wrapped in black magic power, as profound and mysterious as the universe.
As Zeref punched out, the black magic power mercilessly pierced through Natsu's chest, and then he pulled his hand out.
“Ah...”
Natsu could only let out a painful wail, spitting blood and slowly falling down.
Zeref stopped his forward steps, his tone showing no emotion: “One last thing I forgot to say, you don't need to apologize to Makarov.”
“Because... he's already dead. I hope you can reunite in heaven.”
“Farewell... Natsu!”
Natsu, who was slowly falling, spat out blood, and tears also flowed from his eyes, until his eyes rolled back and he fell heavily to the ground.
A large amount of blood flowed from his chest, staining the floor. 】
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~Projection of All Worlds~
“How could this be?!... Zeref finally resurrected Natsu, but then he ended his life with his own hands. Wasn't all the effort before in vain?”
“Perhaps it's because Zeref said before that he would reset time, so he no longer cares about everything that is happening now.”
~Fairy Tail World, Earthland~
“The old man... is dead?!”
“Master...!!”
“Even Natsu in the end...”
The successive news had broken everyone's defenses. They simply couldn't accept such a fact. At this moment, everyone's hearts were full of sadness and anger!
Laxus looked at the final scene in the video, his voice trembling as he murmured,
“Ol... old man!...”
“How... could...?”
Erza's eyes widened. also couldn't accept such an ending.
In the future, just a few years away,
“Even... Natsu... is!! Where were we at that time?...”
Where were we in the future?! Why didn't we protect the old man? Why didn't we fight Zeref with Natsu?! Otherwise, maybe Natsu wouldn't have died.
“Natsu...Woohhh...I don't want you...to leave!”
The one who couldn't accept it the most was Happy. At this moment, he hugged Natsu and cried uncontrollably. For Happy, Natsu was his most precious companion, and also his second parent!
He was picked up by Natsu when he was still an egg and hatched with Lisanna. He has never left Natsu's side until now... Thinking that Natsu would die in the future, tears flowed continuously.
Lucy was also very sad. She didn't know what she was thinking in the future.
When she came to her senses, she had already hugged Natsu from behind...
“It's okay, Lucy... Happy!”
Natsu didn't turn back, but feeling the wetness on his back, he comforted them softly,
“After all, this is the future, we can change it.”
Natsu had already expected his own death. After all, no matter which side won in his battle with Zeref, he couldn't escape the fate of death...
What he couldn't accept the most was that the old man was dead!
Since Natsu was being hugged by Lucy, everyone didn't want to disturb them and could only gather around Makarov and cry bitterly, each of them wishing they could show their filial piety right then and there.
“If you really have a conscience, break fewer cities when you're on missions so I can enjoy my old age. Otherwise, my heart can't handle those expensive compensation bills.”
Makarov felt relieved, and at the same time, didn't forget to give a reminder.
As for his own death, he could accept it. After all, he was already old and didn't have many years left to live.
【 Zeref continued to walk slowly forward, “This world has ended, a new world is about to begin.”
Zeref stopped before the guild gate, looking at the door in front of him.
“Let the gate of Fairy Tail become the entrance to the new world!”
“Connect the time rift with the guild gate.”
As Zeref extended his hand, the gate of the Fairy Tail guild erupted in dazzling white light, then calmed down, emitting scattered starlight!
“When I pass through this gate, this world will collapse and disappear, and my new world will begin.”
“I will retain my original memories and live my life over again.” 】
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~Projection of All Worlds~
“Since Natsu was unable to end his life, this is Zeref's way of ending his endless life, starting everything in the world over again.”
“The world will collapse because this world cannot accept his existence, so he also chose to abandon this world and return to before the curse, to start his life anew.”
【 On the other side, the words scattered from the Book of END also stopped rotating as Natsu's life gradually faded. Some red and black words suddenly began to explode like firecrackers.
“The words are disappearing.” Happy suddenly had this ominous premonition in his heart.
Lucy's pupils also trembled constantly as she watched all of this, then she seemed to have thought of something and picked up the Book of END, “A part of the body... a certain part has been severely damaged!!”
Without time to think further, Lucy directly picked up the quill pen and stood up. Seeing this, Gray thought she had found a way to solve the living link magic: “Have you found the part to rewrite?”
“No!” Lucy shook her head, then stopped the quill pen in her hand at the place where the words disappeared, “Not yet, but I'll rewrite the words that just disappeared first.”
“You said rewrite?!” Happy's face was covered in cold sweat, and his face showed confusion, “But it was so sudden, I don't even know what the disappeared words were.”
“Don't worry, I remember all of them.” Lucy became completely serious, her eyes filled with unspeakable determination. 】
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~A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City~
Misaka Mikoto was stunned by Lucy's actions. Could it be that this Lucy is also a genius?! She said she had already memorized such a huge amount of text!!
You know, the words just now were not fixed. She actually memorized them with just a glance among the constantly flying words. She was undoubtedly a genius with an eidetic memory!
~Fairy Tail World, Earthland~
“If Natsu's life is composed of the words in the book, then perhaps Lucy has become the key.”
Mavis said thoughtfully. If she could fill in the missing parts, perhaps Natsu could be resurrected again.
But she still felt a little uneasy. The words of the strongest demon, E.N.D., were not that easy to write! She didn't know if Lucy could succeed...
The other guild members didn't think so much. Seeing that there was still hope, they suppressed the sadness of the old man's future death and cheered for Lucy!
“Go, Lucy, you are the only one who can save Natsu now!!”
“Lucy, you are the guild's hero now!”
Levy, as someone in the guild who had a deep understanding of ancient texts, didn't dare to say that she had memorized all the words just now. Then she quietly looked at Lucy, who was hugging Natsu, and silently complained, Is this the power of love?!
Gray looked at himself in the screen and felt frustrated. Why was he just standing around doing nothing here?! He was completely useless here. He didn't understand ancient texts, so it would be more practical to go and fight Zeref with Natsu.
“Go for it, future me.”
Lucy, who was hugging Natsu, subconsciously tightened her grip. After all, whether or not she could save Natsu depended on whether she could completely fill in the missing parts of the words...
